SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in Mozambique and Zimbabwe during the first 3 years of the pandemic by Roselyn F. Kaondera-Shava, Marta Galanti, Matteo Perini, Jiyeon Suh, Shannon M. Farley, Sergio Chicumbe, Ilesh Jani, Annette Cassy, Ivalda Macicame, Naisa Manafe, Wafaa El-Sadr, Jeffrey Shaman

“…Overall, the estimated disease burden was higher than the documented cases, indicating a need for improved reporting and surveillance. These findings aid understanding of COVID-19 disease and respiratory virus transmission dynamics in two African countries little investigated to date and can help guide future public health planning and control strategies.…”
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Prevalence and Characterization of Salmonella Species on U.S. Swine Sites as Part of the NAHMS 2021 Swine Enteric Study by Stephanie C. Hempstead, Catherine A. Gensler, Charles A. Haley, Alyson M. Wiedenheft, James B. Robertson, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, Megan E. Jacob

“…The majority (85.4%) of isolates formed some biofilm in vitro, characterized as weak (36.6%), moderate (39.0%), or strong (9.8%), with no major associations among common serotype or AMR pattern. Surveillance programs updating the prevalence and characteristics of Salmonella in the U.S. swine population will inform ongoing farm-level and public health efforts to mitigate animal and human health risks.…”
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An Update of the Appropriate Treatment Strategies in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based Study of 735 Patients by Nai-si Huang, Xiao Shi, Bo-wen Lei, Wen-jun Wei, Zhong-wu Lu, Peng-cheng Yu, Yu Wang, Qing-hai Ji, Yu-long Wang

“…Patients diagnosed with ATC from 2004 to 2014 were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database and included in our study. …”
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Hierarchizing multi-scale environmental effects on agricultural pest population dynamics: a case study on the annual onset of Bactrocera dorsalis population growth in Senegalese or... by Caumette, Cécile, Diatta, Paterne, Piry, Sylvain, Chapuis, Marie-Pierre, Faye, Emile, Sigrist, Fabio, Martin, Olivier, Papaïx, Julien, Brévault, Thierry, Berthier, Karine

“…Confirmation of such a hypothesis could help to prioritize surveillance and preventive control actions in refuge areas.…”
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Modeling the determinants of attrition in a two-stage epilepsy prevalence survey in Nairobi using machine learning by Daniel M. Mwanga, Isaac C. Kipchirchir, George O. Muhua, Charles R. Newton, Damazo T. Kadengye, Abankwah Junior, Albert Akpalu, Arjune Sen, Bruno Mmbando, Charles R. Newton, Cynthia Sottie, Dan Bhwana, Daniel Mtai Mwanga, Damazo T. Kadengye, Daniel Nana Yaw, David McDaid, Dorcas Muli, Emmanuel Darkwa, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Gershim Asiki, Gergana Manolova, Guillaume Pages, Helen Cross, Henrika Kimambo, Isolide S. Massawe, Josemir W. Sander, Mary Bitta, Mercy Atieno, Neerja Chowdhary, Patrick Adjei, Peter O. Otieno, Ryan Wagner, Richard Walker, Sabina Asiamah, Samuel Iddi, Simone Grassi, Sloan Mahone, Sonia Vallentin, Stella Waruingi, Symon Kariuki, Tarun Dua, Thomas Kwasa, Timothy Denison, Tony Godi, Vivian Mushi, William Matuja

“…Methods: All individuals in the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) (Korogocho and Viwandani) were screened for epilepsy in two stages. …”
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The prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of respiratory pathogens isolated from feedlot cattle in Canada by Porjai Rattanapanadda, Porjai Rattanapanadda, Dana Ramsay, Alyssa Butters, Calvin W. Booker, Sherry J. Hannon, Steve Hendrick, Joyce Van Donkersgoed, Brian N. Warr, Sheryl P. Gow, Paul S. Morley

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Endogenous sex hormone levels are associated with the revised Framingham Stroke Risk Profile in postmenopausal women: a longitudinal study in a Swedish cohort by Kristin Ottarsdottir, Åsa Tivesten, Claes Ohlsson, Ying Li, Margareta Hellgren, Ulf Lindblad, Bledar Daka

“…Methods This is an observational cross-sectional study on the Vara-Skövde cohort, a Swedish population-based study for longitudinal surveillance of the development and progress of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. …”
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Prevalence, Pattern and Factors Associated with Developmental Delay amongst Under-5 Children in Nigeria: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011–2017 by Olayide Olubunmi Olabumuyi, Obioma Chukwudi Uchendu, Pauline Aruoture Green

“…This underscores the need for surveillance and interventions focussed on improving child literacy, nutritional status and household standard of living across the zones.…”
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Personalized screening strategies for TP53 R337H carriers: a retrospective cohort study of tumor spectrum in Li-Fraumeni syndrome adult carriersResearch in context by Pedro A.F. Galante, Gabriela D.A. Guardia, Janina Pisani, Renata L. Sandoval, Mateus C. Barros-Filho, Ana Carolina Leite Vieira Costa Gifoni, Diogo F.C. Patrão, Patricia Ashton-Prolla, Vitor Fiorin de Vasconcellos, Claire Freycon, Arnold Levine, Pierre Hainaut, Maria Isabel Achatz

“…Our findings suggest that R337H carriers would benefit from tailored surveillance and risk reduction strategies. Funding: São Paulo Research Foundation, Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa, and Hospital Sírio-Libanês.…”
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Predicting survival rates: the power of prognostic nomograms in distal cholangiocarcinoma by Jiangfeng Hu, Yuping Shi, Lihua Jin, Suhong Yi, Jinsuo Chen, Dadong Wan, Weixin Ye, Jingnan Chen, Yajing Zhang, Yang Jiang, Bensong Duan, Yuwei Dong

“…ObjectiveThe purpose of this research is to establish a prognostic nomogram for patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma (dCCA).MethodsWe obtained clinical data from 2401 patients diagnosed with distal cholangiocarcinoma (dCCA) between 2010 and 2020 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. …”
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Genetic characteristics of influenza A and B viruses circulating in Russia in 2019–2023 by Svetlana B. Yatsyshina, Anna A. Artamonova, Maria A. Elkina, Anna V. Valdokhina, Victoria P. Bulanenko, Aleksandra A. Berseneva, Vasily G. Akimkin

“…The detection of amino acid substitutions in HA antigenic sites and resistance mutations in NA and M2 confirms the evolution of influenza viruses and the necessity for continuous genetic surveillance. The vast majority of currently circulating viruses remain sensitive to NA inhibitors.…”
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VECTOR: Velocity-Enhanced GRU Neural Network for Real-Time 3D UAV Trajectory Prediction by Omer Nacar, Mohamed Abdelkader, Lahouari Ghouti, Kahled Gabr, Abdulrahman Al-Batati, Anis Koubaa

“…This paper addresses the challenge of predicting 3D trajectories for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in real-time, a critical task for applications like aerial surveillance and defense. Current prediction models primarily leverage only position data, which may not provide the most accurate forecasts for UAV movements and usually fail outside the position domain used in the training phase. …”
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First detection and molecular characterization of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in India: evidence of a new variant in Karnataka by Jagadish B. Hiremath, M. Swathi, R. Ramamoorthy, M. Shijili, Damini Sharma, Divakar Hemadri, H. B. Chethankumar, K. P. Suresh, Sharanagouda S. Patil, Shivasharanappa Nayakvadi, S. P. Satheesha, B. R. Shome, Baldev Raj Gulati

“…The study emphasizes the need for large-scale surveillance studies to understand the disease’s status. …”
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Personalised Lung Cancer Screening (PLuS) study to assess the importance of coexisting chronic conditions to clinical practice and policy: protocol for a multicentre observational... by Yi Guo, Dongyu Zhang, Rafael Meza, Jihyoun Jeon, Dejana Braithwaite, Gerard A Silvestri, Michael K Gould, Jiang Bian, Bruno Hochhegger, Shama D Karanth, Christopher G Slatore, Martin Tammemagi, Mattthew Schabath, Meghann Wheeler, Frederic J Kaye

“…Data will be integrated into a unified repository to (1) examine the burden of multimorbidity by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and age; (2) quantify potential benefits and harms; and (3) use the observational data with validated simulation models in the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) to provide LCS outcomes in the real-world US population. …”
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Machine learning for predicting severe dengue in Puerto Rico by Zachary J. Madewell, Dania M. Rodriguez, Maile B. Thayer, Vanessa Rivera-Amill, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Laura E. Adams, Joshua M. Wong

“…Methods We analyzed data from Puerto Rico’s Sentinel Enhanced Dengue Surveillance System (May 2012–August 2024), using 40 clinical, demographic, and laboratory variables. …”
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Causes and determinants of infant mortality using verbal autopsy and social autopsy methods in a rural population of Odisha: a community-based matched case-control study by Amit Kumar Satapathy, Arvind Kumar Singh, Priyamadhaba Behera, Debkumar Pal, Abhisek Mishra

“…The cause of infant deaths should be assessed in both medical and social contexts.Objectives We aimed to determine the medical causes of infant mortality by verbal autopsy and its determinants in two rural blocks of the Khordha district of Odisha and assess the pathway of care and delay in seeking care for the illness preceding infant death using the three-delay model.Design We conducted this community-based matched case-control study to identify the medical causes of infant mortality using the verbal autopsy method along with the identification of delay and pathway of care related to infant deaths using a social autopsy method.Settings Two rural blocks of Odisha, India.Participants We enumerated 100 infant deaths by active surveillance and data triangulation from Accredited Social Health Activists, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and block-level health information systems. …”
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Did the resurgence of childhood lower respiratory infections offset the initial benefit of COVID-19-related non-pharmaceutical interventions in children? A time-series analysis by Inès Fafi, Zein Assad, Léa Lenglart, Zaba Valtuille, Florentia Kaguelidou, Camille Aupiais, Aurélie Bourmaud, Alexis Rybak, Stéphane Bechet, Corinne Levy, Robert Cohen, Bruno Frandji, Andreas Werner, François Angoulvant, Romain Basmaci, Naïm Ouldali

“…Methods We conducted an interrupted time-series analysis based on exhaustive national surveillance systems. All hospitalisations from January 2015 to March 2023 and all ambulatory visits for LRTI from a network of 110 paediatricians from June 2017 to March 2023 were included. …”
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Patterns of general and abdominal obesity and their association with hypertension control in the iranian hypertensive population: insights from a nationwide study by Fataneh Esmaeili, Keyvan Karimi, Samaneh Akbarpour, Mohammadreza Naderian, Shirin Djalalinia, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Ali Golestani, Nazila Rezaei

“…Methods Data for the present investigation were obtained from the 2021 STEPwise Approach to NCD Risk Factor Surveillance (STEPS) national survey in Iran. Participants were classified based on general obesity (BMI) and different abdominal obesity patterns (waist circumference [WC], waist-to-hip ratio [WHR], and waist-to-height ratio [WHtR]). …”
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Short-term effects of combined environmental factors on respiratory disease mortality in Qingdao city: A time-series investigation. by Xin Zhang, Zijian Xi, Min Yang, Xiuqin Zhang, Ruikai Wu, Shuang Li, Lu Pan, Yuan Fang, Peng Lv, Yan Ma, Haiping Duan, Bingling Wang, Kunzheng Lv

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The RD mortality cases were collected from the Chronic Disease Surveillance Monitoring System in Qingdao during Jan 1st, 2014 and Dec 31st, 2020. …”
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HKA angle exceeding 5 degrees is strongly associated with lateral patellar translation beyond 2 mm: surgical recommendations for avoiding adverse effects on the patellofemoral join... by Zheng Jiang, Nan Zhen, Yanjie Mao, Axiang He, Han Guo, Weiming Lin, Diwen Tang, Yang Qu, Tsung-Yuan Tsai, Wanjun Liu

“…All patients performed continuous stair climbing under the surveillance of a dual fluoroscopic imaging system to determine accurate 6-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) PFJs and 3D hip-knee-ankle (HKA) angles before and 6 months after OWHTO. …”
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